About the author

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Introduction 8
5. CHAPTER ONE: What is decolonization and what is its importance for the study of art? 23
6. CHAPTER TWO: Why does the West study art and why do we make it? 49
7. CHAPTER THREE: How does art relate to other forms of Western knowledge and what is its potential? 86
8. CHAPTER FOUR: How did Philosophy and Theology relate to art and its power? 107
9. CHAPTER FIVE: What is the relation between models of history, the arts, and their study? 137
10. CHAPTER SIX: What is art criticism? 176
11. CHAPTER SEVEN: How is art studied as an academic discipline? 205
12. CHAPTER EIGHT: What is Brazilian art and how has it been studied? 255
13. Bibliography 286
14. About the author 295